25 Ways to Single Out an American Anywhere in the World

Americans are bursting with positivity.

Americans were brought up being told that anything in possible. Because of this, Americans tend to have a sense of outwardly, unbridled optimism. Americans tend to smile more than other travelers, strike up conversations with random strangers, will cheer for almost anything, and have an unyielding belief that everything is going to be okay.

Everything to Americans is ‘awesome’—everything. A word that used to describe ‘something that which inspired awe’ is now used to describe, well, just about anything that doesn’t suck.